Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Broadus

#5,109 most common boys' name of all time · #12,651 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1900–2013

Rank among boys
#5,109
Rank overall
#12,651 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
905
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #1,312
Best rank
#1,122 1903
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
190019201940196019802000

Broadus first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2013 5 5 #12,213
1987 7 7 #5,530
1985 5 5 #6,629
1984 5 5 #6,407
1982 6 6 #5,707
1980 6 6 #5,626
1974 6 6 #4,711
1973 5 5 #5,197
1971 11 11 #3,012
1968 5 5 #4,242
1966 5 5 #4,056
1965 7 7 #3,320
1964 5 5 #4,134
1963 11 11 #2,576
1961 5 5 #4,186
1960 6 6 #3,753
1959 8 8 #3,102
1958 9 9 #2,884
1957 16 16 #2,057
1956 14 14 #2,211
1955 10 10 #2,625
1954 11 11 #2,492
1953 12 12 #2,324
1952 11 11 #2,433
1951 10 10 #2,560
1950 13 13 #2,156
1949 10 10 #2,502
1948 14 14 #2,078
1947 17 17 #1,880
1946 8 8 #2,755
1945 7 7 #2,821
1944 12 12 #2,129
1943 16 16 #1,871
1942 25 25 #1,406
1941 10 10 #2,404
1940 12 12 #2,129
1939 17 17 #1,674
1938 10 10 #2,389
1937 11 11 #2,249
1936 16 16 #1,772
1935 14 14 #1,975
1934 18 18 #1,698
1933 19 19 #1,624
1932 11 11 #2,381
1931 20 20 #1,626
1930 18 18 #1,789
1929 20 20 #1,701
1928 24 24 #1,554
1927 22 22 #1,669
1926 16 16 #2,030
1925 23 23 #1,616
1924 32 32 #1,312
1923 31 31 #1,314
1922 23 23 #1,626
1921 14 14 #2,317
1920 22 22 #1,670
1919 29 29 #1,342
1918 19 19 #1,803
1917 26 26 #1,384
1916 23 23 #1,490
1915 22 22 #1,492
1914 18 18 #1,478
1913 11 11 #1,762
1912 9 9 #1,831
1911 6 6 #1,676
1910 5 5 #1,750
1903 6 6 #1,122
1900 5 5 #1,474